Many times have I asked people what they prefer, and it is almost always the type 38 that receives all the praise. I personally would choose the Springfield for its "HOLY CHRIST! 18 INCHES?!" bayonet, among other things. I never really use the type 99 because the sights are obstructive. From what I can tell, It seems slightly less accurate that the 38.

I don't see anything wrong with the Springfield's sights. In fact, I prefer them!

I'm going to get in game and reevaluate the Springfield. I don't quite see how it is wonky and I think the sights are fine. If I can still get 100 meter kills no problem, then it's just an aesthetic problem you guys have.

Type 99 first and foremost, I like to be able to down a man with a body shot, plus it looks cleaner and I like the sights, even if the monopod seems totally useless.

But springfield any day over the other three RS rifles. Still has stopping power, the sound is great, the sights aren't bad at all, and a little recoil on a bolt action never hurt anyone. If fact, if you're firing so fast that you aren't allowing time for the recoil to finish, you're doing it wrong. At least it doesn't sound or feel like a pea shooter...looking at you, 38 and M1.

Firstly, the Type 38 and Type 99 are c*ock-on-close, so the actions will be smoother and faster than the c*ock-on-open M1903A1. Secondly, the rounds they fire are 6.5 Arisaka (140gr at 2,500 ft/s) for the Type 38, 7.7 Arisaka (174gr at 2,400-2,500 ft/s?) for the Type 99, and M2 Ball .30-06 (150gr at 2,800 ft/s) for the M1903. Ballistically, M2 Ball .30-06, Mk.VII Ball .303 British, M80 7.62 Nato, GP11 7.5x55 Swiss, and 7.7x58 Arisaka are in the same ballpark. There's not a HUGE difference in power for any of these, even though the .30-06 is biggest for case capacity, the loading designed for the M1 Rifle (M2 Ball) had a lot of empty space left. When they made 7.62x51 Nato/.308 Winchester, they basically took the .30-06 and shortened it, doing away with the wasted empty case capacity by shortening it by over 1cm.

Thirdly, preference in sights is purely opinionated except for the M1903A1 which has a significant drawback that I'll get to. My favourite sights (For bolt actions) are probably the Type 38's, however I can use the Type 99 and M1903 sights at 100m with success too. All in all, I think I prefer the Type 99 due to it being about as powerful as the M1903A1 or M1 Rifle, however it provides a faster rate of fire. I'm still more than happy with a Type 38 as well of course.

Fourthly, as for beyond 100m, the M1903A1 is basically useless because the rear sight jumps from 100m to 1400m. There simply is no way to set the sights for 200-1300m. If you could use the notch at the bottom of the triangle on the M1903A1's ladder sight, you might be able to get a sight set for 300m, but as it stands, you're stuck with the 100m battle sight, which in real life is apparently 400m or 500m depending on model. They changed this in the game however. So yeah, the M1903A1 is easily my least favourite rifle of either Red Orchestra II or Rising Storm because I love 200-600m shooting with irons.

Edit: They had the word c*ock cencored, even though I don't mean to use it phallically. I mean to use it as in c*ocking a firearm.